Turridrupa gatchensis

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Turridrupa gatchensis is a small sea snail in the turrid family. It lives in the ocean off New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. The shell length is about 13–15 mm. The species was first described by Hervier in 1896 and has also been called Surcula gatchensis.

Classification: Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Mollusca; Class Gastropoda; Subclass Caenogastropoda; Order Neogastropoda; Superfamily Conoidea; Family Turridae; Genus Turridrupa; Species gatchensis. Binomial name: Turridrupa gatchensis (Hervier, 1896).